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Depraved Indifference
To constitute depraved indifference, the defendant's conduct must be 'so wanton, so deficient in a moral sense of concern, so lacking in regard for the life or lives of others, and so blameworthy as to warrant the same criminal liability as that which the law imposes upon a person who intentionally causes a crime. Depraved indifference focuses on the risk created by the defendants conduct, not the injuries actually resulting.
In one case, People v Register, 60 NY2d 273, 469 NYS2d 599 (1983), while exploring the meaning of "depraved indifference recklessness" the Court of Appeals ruled that intoxication is not a defense or excuse to "depraved mind murder," although it may be to intentional murder. Its analysis started with distinguishing reckless manslaughter from the "depraved indifference recklessness" necessary for murder:
"to bring defendants conduct within the murder statute, the People were required to establish also that defendants act was imminently dangerous and presented a very high risk of death to others and that it was committed under circumstances which evidenced a wanton indifference to human life or a depravity of mind. . . . . The crime differs from intentional murder in that it results not from a specific, conscious intent to cause death, but from an indifference to or disregard of the risks attending defendants conduct." 60 NY2d at 274.
Source: https://definitions.uslegal.com/d/depraved-indifference/
Words are ways to record the truth for all history. Let these depraved and cretinous ghouls meet justice in this world real soon.
To constitute depraved indifference, the defendant's conduct must be 'so wanton, so deficient in a moral sense of concern, so lacking in regard for the life or lives of others, and so blameworthy as to warrant the same criminal liability as that which the law imposes upon a person who intentionally causes a crime. Depraved indifference focuses on the risk created by the defendants conduct, not the injuries actually resulting.
In one case, People v Register, 60 NY2d 273, 469 NYS2d 599 (1983), while exploring the meaning of "depraved indifference recklessness" the Court of Appeals ruled that intoxication is not a defense or excuse to "depraved mind murder," although it may be to intentional murder. Its analysis started with distinguishing reckless manslaughter from the "depraved indifference recklessness" necessary for murder:
"to bring defendants conduct within the murder statute, the People were required to establish also that defendants act was imminently dangerous and presented a very high risk of death to others and that it was committed under circumstances which evidenced a wanton indifference to human life or a depravity of mind. . . . . The crime differs from intentional murder in that it results not from a specific, conscious intent to cause death, but from an indifference to or disregard of the risks attending defendants conduct." 60 NY2d at 274.
Source: https://definitions.uslegal.com/d/depraved-indifference/
Words are ways to record the truth for all history. Let these depraved and cretinous ghouls meet justice in this world real soon.
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Reactivate the Independent Prosecutor law and prosecute them all, Nuremberg tribunals for all
Fiendish Thingy
Aug 2020
#2
Yes! We do not know who is embedded in the gov't now and it will take major investigators to root
Hestia
Aug 2020
#11
Must avoid anything that upsets the monster and one's place in the pecking order.
Kid Berwyn
Aug 2020
#25
As usual, their incompetence resulted in more red state deaths than blue state ones.
Nitram
Aug 2020
#17
nevermind that trump is in the white house, the only reason they think they can
certainot
Aug 2020
#23